Effective Online Strategies to Improve Your Online Teaching

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Online teaching. Online learning. Online engagement. You’ve heard it all when it comes to online pedagogy. But have you come across a resource that contains all the online pedagogy techniques and tips you could ever want and imagine about online teaching?

You want to create effective online videos, but you also want to make your online discussion boards more engaging, while at the same time incorporating synchronous and asynchronous activities into your online classes that infuse equity and diversity. Meanwhile, you’re trying to maximize your time and manage your online office hours while reaching out to students struggling with the online realm. And you’re doing all this amidst a pandemic. Sound familiar?

The following articles, reports, resources, seminars, programs, courses, and more will help ease the craft of becoming a brilliant online instructor while providing you with effective online teaching strategies to balance and maximize your time. 

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Online discussion boards

“I really enjoyed reading your post. I especially liked the part…”

Does this look familiar to your online discussion posts? If so, have you ever thought about using superheroes, games, or student autonomy to help guide your online discussions? Or maybe you’re not asking the right questions to stimulate engaging online discussion. The following articles and resources offer techniques and strategies to encourage a lively online discussion among your students while offering students a safe space to share their voices.  

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Creating effective online videos

As many transition to online learning, creating videos may not be in your repertoire. But that’s the wonderful element about teaching—you’re always learning. Maybe you’ve gotten more familiar with creating online videos, but you also may be interested in taking your videos to the next level. Here, you’ll learn how to transform your lectures into online videos while also learning how to create animated videos and trailers that treat your work like a coming attraction. Being an effective and engaging online teacher will be easy with your newfound video-creation skills. Lights. Camera. Action!

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Incorporating equity and diversity into your online class

Making sure your students feel included and accepted is always a priority but not necessarily at the forefront of online course design. So, how can faculty and universities not only make diversity, equity, and inclusion a mission on campus and in the classroom but also portray inclusivity throughout all online courses. These articles, free reports, and seminars focus on creating a welcoming and diverse environment in all online courses and while portraying inclusivity through your online teaching. You’ll learn how to infuse equity into all of your online course content, assignments, and syllabus despite being behind a computer screen.

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Maximizing your time in online courses

You’ve got 495,903,237 things to worry about in an online course. Is your video working? Are students tuned in? Are the breakout rooms in full discussion? Does someone have a question in the chat? And how will you structure virtual office hours for your students? Here, we offer tips for utilizing teaching calendars, offering virtual office hours, and honing your online course design skills to help maximize your time and effort. You’ll utilize effective teaching strategies that encourage time-saving tips and align with the rhythm of the online semester.

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Strategies for teaching students who are struggling online

Not all students are equipped to handle online classes, but it doesn’t mean they can’t become equipped to flourish in their online courses. Although teaching student autonomy is no easy feat, there are numerous strategies to encourage your learners to become successful in their online endeavors. Maybe your students need some “Midweek Motivation,” or maybe your students need a reason to feel connected to you and the class.  The following are ideas, tips, and strategies for the students who ghost, for those who just need an extra helping hand, or for those who show defiance toward taking classes online. You’ll learn how to assess online learning while motivating your students to succeed in their online classes.

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Engaging students online with asynchronous and synchronous activities

Should classes be live? Should all lectures be recorded so students can go at their own pace on their own time? Is there a perfect harmony to mixing asynchronous and synchronous activities in your online classes? But most of all…how do you keep your online students engaged? From virtual escape rooms to hidden Easter eggs and emoji slides, there are numerous synchronous and asynchronous activities you can implement into your online classes to keep your students on the tip of their toes. Learn how to spark student engagement in the first ten minutes of your online class and gauge learning through energetic assignments and assessments. Keeping students engaged won’t be an issue for your online classroom with the following resources, games, and apps.

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Pandemic teaching resources

In response to COVID-19, we’ve seen instructors and universities from around the world come together. We know this is not an easy time. But we also know the collaboration in terms of resources and community has been absolutely outstanding—you are not alone in this. Here, you’ll find a memo to students on punching through the pandemic, resource guides on navigating trauma-informed teaching, and a free report on teaching online with poise and positivity. From transitioning to an online course to fostering a productive conversation with your students, these resources, articles, free seminars, and products shed light on education initiatives that we hope you find useful during this time of uncertainty.  

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